Mercury retrograde 1986

3 periods, 67 days inside the year — 18.4% of 1986. Station times below are UTC and computed to the minute.

23 days · retreats 13.39°

7 March → 30 March 1986 in Aries

Stations retrograde 7 Mar 1986, 10:49 UTC at 1.51° Aries
Stations direct 30 Mar 1986, 08:39 UTC at 18.13° Pisces
Shadow opens 21 Feb 1986 (14 days before)
Shadow closes 18 Apr 1986 (19 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

Read against Aries, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

24 days · retreats 10.69°

9 July → 3 August 1986 in Leo

Stations retrograde 9 Jul 1986, 20:10 UTC at 6.61° Leo
Stations direct 3 Aug 1986, 00:49 UTC at 25.92° Cancer
Shadow opens 22 Jun 1986 (17 days before)
Shadow closes 17 Aug 1986 (14 days after)
Full window including shadows 56 days

Read against Leo, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

20 days · retreats 16.08°

2 November → 22 November 1986 in Scorpio

Stations retrograde 2 Nov 1986, 06:34 UTC at 29.35° Scorpio
Stations direct 22 Nov 1986, 09:02 UTC at 13.28° Scorpio
Shadow opens 13 Oct 1986 (20 days before)
Shadow closes 9 Dec 1986 (17 days after)
Full window including shadows 57 days

Read against Scorpio, and see that sign’s horoscope for the period.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mercury retrogrades either side of 1986

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1985 Ended 8 December 1985 after 20 days, moving back 16.24° through the zodiac.

Next

1987 Begins 18 February 1987 and runs 22 days.

Gap across 1986

1.2 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

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